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Phil Lesh and Friends

Orpheum Theatre
Boston, MA
November 23rd 2003

gear: Neumann AK40 cardioid capsules > lc3 active cables >
KM100 bodies > V3 @ 16/44.1 > CO2 > JB3

Location: front row Mezzanie (DFC)
mics run XY @ 100 degrees

mastered by nick@nickspicks.com

set one
disc one

01. Jam >
02. Sunshine of your Love >
03. Lucy in the Sky w/Diamonds >
04. The Wheel >
05. Low Spark >
06. The Wheel >
07. Built to Last >
08. Eyes of the World >
09. Masons Children

set two
disc two

01. Jam >
02. Dear Mr. Fantasy >
03. Not Fade Away >
04. Bertha
05. Wharf Rat

set two
disc three

01. Help on the Way >
02. Slipknot! >
03. The Eleven >
04. Slipknot! >
05. Franlin's Tower
06. crowd/doner rap
encores:
07. The real thing
08. Into the Mystic

Notes:
d3t05 :02 "click"

disk 1 originally tracked > 81 minutes. alternate tracks for d1t01 and d1t09 are supplied to fit disk 1 on an 80 minute cdr. This cuts Phil's "We're gonna take a break..." statement at end of d1t09

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Reviewer: liranfa - - April 23, 2005
Subject: Flawless?
I have to agree with everything said here. I wasn't at the show but listening to it is quite a treat. Some people are not fans of the new material that the PLQ recorded but I thought it was very strong material. "The Real Thing" is a great ballad and this band really makes it powerful. It is too bad that Warren seems out of the loop now. The "Q" was the first thing since the GD to really turn my crank. One can only hope for a future reunion.

Reviewer: capn doubledose - - April 23, 2005
Subject: Flawless
What a great run. What a pity Warren does not play with them anymore.

Reviewer: TimePilot - - March 14, 2005
Subject: Herring jam out of Slipknot! > Eleven = Heat
'Nuff said in the title of this review. Best Help>Slip sandwich from p&f I've heard (7/30/02 being a VERY close second IMO...I have a different version of that show than is on archive currently...I'll upload it soon).

As for this show, performance=4.75 stars, recording=4.25 stars = 4.5 stars overall.

Reviewer: Otis The Bulldog - - February 11, 2005
Subject: You want this one
This was a smoking show from start to finish. It was Phil & Friends first time back at the Orpheum in two years and the crowd was in desperate need of the Quintet. The energy of the crowd was absolutely incredible and the band gave it back. The opening jam into Sunshine of Your Love was solid and morphed into The Wheel. Somewhere in there they went into the second verse of Low Spark and then at then in a split second went right back into The Wheel, which confused everyone for a moment. The set closer of Built to Last, Eyes of The World and Mason's Children was absolutely incredible. From Built to Last on it felt like any of them could have been the set closer but they just kept on going and putting the crowd into a frenzy.

The second set was just as energized. Wharf Rat was nice, mellow and well harmonized. The Help>Slipknot! was as good as you could ask for. Jimmy Herring smoked into The Eleven. The Q was hitting on all cylinders this night and the crowd absorbed every moment. To me, this was the show you went for. This is what it's like when the band is playing inspired and the crowd in enveloped in the sound. I've listened to this show a few times since I've had it and it brings me back to that energy and to that performance. This show will be how I remember and what will define Phil and Friends to me. The encore was a mellow, but solid choice. The Quintet reminded us that they are and always will be, The Real Thing.

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Neumann AK40 cardioid capsules > lc3 active cables > KM100 bodies > V3 @ 16/44.1 > CO2 > JB3 front row Mezzanie (DFC)mics run XY @ 100 degrees mastered by nick@nickspicks.com
[with alternate disk 1 tracking]